Beer List: 2006-2007
Submitted by sleestak on Mon, 01/01/2007 - 09:18
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- December 2006
- Samuel Adams Winterfest, Boston, MA
- August Schell Snow Storm London-style Sweet Stout, New Ulm, MN
- Winter's Bourbon Cask Ale, St. Louis, MO
- Bell's Special Double Cream Stout, Kalamazoo, MI
- Ommegang Abbey Ale, Cooperstown, NY
- Ommegang, Hennepin (Farmhouse Saison), Cooperstown, NY
- Founders Breakfast Stout, Grand Rapids, MI
- Delirium Nocturnum, Ghent, Belgium
- Delirium Tremens, Ghent, Belgium
- January 2007
- Robert the Bruce Scottish Ale, Three Floyd's Brewing, Indiana
- Storm King Imperial Stout, Victory Brewing, Pennsylvania
- Lion Stout, Lion Brewing, Sri Lanka
- Stella Artois, Belgium ($4 a pint with a free glass!)
- O'Hara's Irish Stout, Ireland
- February 2007
- 60 Minute IPA, Dogfish Head, Milton, DE
- Snake Dog IPA, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO
- Vanilla Java Porter, Atwater Block Brewing, Detroit, MI
- Dirty Bastard Scottish Ale, Founder's, Grand Rapids, MI
- Guinness Draught, Dublin, Ireland (pint)
- Samuel Adams Winter Ale, Boston Brewing, Boston, MA (pint)
- Leffe Blonde, Abbaye de Leffe, Belgium (pint)
- Leffe Brune, Abbaye de Leffe, Belgium (pint)
- Kilkenny Irish Cream, Smithwick Brewery, Ireland
- 90 Minute IPA, Dogfish Head, Milton, DE
- March-April 2007
- Lucifer Strong Pale Ale, Brouwerij Riva S.A., Belgium
- Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Founder's, Grand Rapids, MI
- Rochefort 10 Quadrepel, Brasserie de Rochefort (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy), Belgium
- Keith's Red Amber, Alexander Keith's, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel, Erdinger Weissbräu, Germany
Ah...a fellow beer lover. I see you like the Belgians a bit. I need to learn more about them this year. I've got a good handle on the American belgian-style beers, now I need to go back to the source.
My list is definitely not as extensive (or organized) as yours, but I thought it would be fun to keep track of where a ton of my money goes.
Belgians are my weakness, for sure. Too bad they're so hard to find and so damn expensive.
I don't know if you can get it where you are, but I tried an American Belgian-style beer tonight that was incredible. It's the Avery Reverend, a quadrupel...and holy crap is it good. It's also an ass-kicker at 10% ABV so beware.
Are the Leffe beers as good as I've been hearing?
I first tried Leffe in a small town in France that I visited for work, and in that part of the country, it's practically the equivalent of Bud. (Well, 1664 is more like Bud, so I guess that makes Leffe France's Miller Genuine Draft.)
I really, really like it. It has the same kind of spiciness and fruity qualities of other Belgians, so that may turn some people off. I prefer the Brown to the Blonde, but think that neither is in the same league as Delirium. It's a hell of a lot easier to find on tap in Canada, though.
How's Lucifer? I have a bottle that I may use for a podcast. Drink Lucifer and play a black metal band.
I wasn't that impressed, to be honest. It might make a good review, though, and the Black Metal pairing is an excellent idea.
The Rochefort 10 (which my wife picked out at the store) was REALLY good, as was the Kentucky Breakfast Stout.